S 2823
106th Congress
Senate
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Administration of justice
Bolivia
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Clothing industry
Colombia
Commerce
Democracy
Due process of law
Ecuador
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
Import quotas
Import restrictions
International Affairs
Latin America
Law
Peru
Tariff preferences
Textile fabrics
Plan Colombia Trade Act
Introduced: June 29, 2000
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 29, 2000
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6136-6137)
Jun 29, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6134-6136)
Jun 29, 2000
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Plan Colombia Trade Act - Amends the Andean Trade Preference Act to accord, for a specified transition period, duty-free treatment to certain textile and apparel articles imported into the United States from beneficiary countries (Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru) designated under such Act.
Requires the President, in determining whether to designate a country a beneficiary country, to take into account, among other things, the extent to which such country adheres to democratic principles and the rule of law.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6136-6137)
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1